The Graduate School offers admission with the expectation that students will matriculate in the semester specified during the application process. If extraordinary circumstances will prevent you from matriculating, you may submit a request via email to gsas-admissions@columbia.edu to defer your admission for up to one calendar year.
Deferral requests are not automatically granted and will be evaluated by the Office of Admissions.
You will be notified about the disposition of your deferral request via email.